Drawing on elements of progressive education, existential theory, feminist pedagogy, and values education, critical humanism combines the holistic-psychological concerns of humanistic education with the sociopolitical tenets of critical pedagogy. Nemiroff presents an empowering new theory of an educational system that motivates students and encourages them to become active members in a truly democratic society. She also reviews this century's educational theories and the way this new theory and practice developed in one of North America's most experimental postsecondary programs, The New School of Dawson College.